There's a dog in the playground!

I like it when life is thrown into chaos
a friend grows a beard
TV programmes are disrupted by rolling news
a goalkeeper runs up for a corner
sprinting like an escaped con
the defenders all look at each other
'We've not got a plan for this.'

There's a dog in the playground!
For months everyone in school says
Do you remember when there was a dog in the playground!
wiping away tears of joy.

Once I was in the marketplace
and a baker fell over
me and another man helped him to his feet
walked him to the bakery
and the next day when I went to buy bread
the shop was shut
and there were sirens in the distance.